Networking on Dell Optiplex 7050

[Wheelspin]

I've installed Linux Mint 18 on my new work pc but I have no network support. Windows 10 Device Manager lists it as an "Intel Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM".

I've looked up my service tag on Dell's site but there's no driver support for Ubuntu.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get this working?

[Citizen229]

inxi -F

Copy/paste your system specs.

I went to 7 different sites to find what network chip you have. None of them listed it specifically. Newegg was especially weird. It just listed it as communications: bluetooth. Everyone else gave "Lan" as the descriptor. Your inxi -F will be needed.

[Wheelspin]

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System:    	Host: 1SF1NK2 Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.6
           
		Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah

Machine:   	System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7050
           
		Mobo: Dell model: 0XHGV1 v: A00 Bios: Dell v: 1.4.4 date: 05/10/2017

CPU:       	Quad core Intel Core i5-7600 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB 
           
		clock speeds: max: 3501 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1200 MHz 3: 1000 MHz 4: 1000 MHz

Graphics:  	Card-1: Intel Device 5912
           
		Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Venus LE [Radeon HD 8830M]
           
		Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           
		Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           
		GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAPE VERDE (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0

Audio:    	Card-1 Intel Device a2f0 driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: k4.4.0-21-generic
           
		Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7700/7800 Series]
           
		driver: snd_hda_intel

Network:   	Card: Intel Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM
           
		IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A

Drives:    	HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.5% used) 
		ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: N/A size: 256.1GB
           
		ID-2: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS721010A9 size: 1000.2GB

Partition: 	ID-1: / size: 115G used: 4.9G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5

RAID:      	No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present

Sensors:   	System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 42.0
           
		Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A

Info:      	Processes: 201 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 438.7/32060.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35 

[Citizen229]

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Network:   	Card: Intel Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM
           
		IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A 

doing a search inside the hardware section here bring up lots of threads with your specific network chip. I used the search term: I219-LM
This would be a great place to start.

[Wheelspin]

Can you post a link? All of the results I get for your search term in the hardware section talk about video or sound issues. Basically the hits come from people posting inxi results.

[Citizen229]

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=243663&p=1302760&h ... M#p1302760

[Wheelspin]

ok, so that thread deals with a Wifi card which I don't have. I did try installing the 4.8 and 4.10 kernels as suggested but both refused to boot.